Drawer-pull.



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APPLlCATlON FILED SEPT- i ll 1916.

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DRAWER-PULL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

Application filed September 11, 1916. Serial No. 119,413.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful. Improvement in Drawer-Pulls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in drawer pulls and has for one object to provide a new and improved form of pull which will combine the functions of a handle and a rack or holder for the name plate or card.

Another object is to provide a combined drawer pull and card holder which will be light, cheap and durable, wherein the card will be protected against displacement or distortion by the hand of the operator.

Other objects of my invention will appear from time to time in the specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3. is a section through my device.

Like parts are indicated by like letters throughout the several figures.

A is the front, A the side and A the bottom of any usual type of drawer free to slide along a suitable track not here shown.

BB are triangular drawer contacting base plates apertured at B so that the screws B may be employed to hold them in position on the drawer front. Projecting upwardly from the inner side of these two plates are walls B 13* having inclined outer edges B These plates are oined near their lower boundaries by the handle cross piece 13 which is held by them above the surface of the drawer thus permitting the operator to conveniently grasp it for manipulation of the drawer.

C is a rib extending parallel to the handle member B and supported on the base plates B and the walls B B. This rib is longer than the handle piece B and projects outwardly on either side beyond the walls B B Projecting upwardly from this rib are cross bars C C joined at either extremity by a somewhat similar rib C This latter rib is adapted to be in contact with the end of the drawer whereas the rib C is held by its supports out of contact therewith.

C C are lugs or teeth located on the lower side of the rib C and upper side of the rib C and inclined some of them outwardly, others inwardly so as to engage the edges of the card or name plate C This card or name plate is supported along its center line by reinforcing bar C which is supported between the members 0 C and these flanges project above the surface of the bar 0 and above the plane of the card so that the flexible card once in position is held against longitudinal movement in either direction by engaging with these flanges. Of course, by manipulating the card it may be lifted up so as to pass over them but the presence of the flanges is suflicient under normal conditions to hold the card in position. 7

It will be'evident that while I have shown in my drawings the operating device, still many changes might be made in size, shape and arrangement of parts without departing materially from the spirit of my invention. I wish therefore that my drawings be regarded in a sense diagrammatic.

The use and operation of my invention is as follows: My combined drawer pull and name plate holder in the preferred form, comprises a single casting though I do not wish to be limited to that specific arrangement. The drawer pull is adapted to be attached to the front of the drawer by the screws shown. The triangular plates cooperating with the other parts in the same plane and give a firm and solid seat upon the drawer, the handle bar being raised above the supporting surface may be easily grasped by the operator for manipulation, his fingers having ample room in the space surrounding the handle bar. The operator will ordinarily grasp it with the fingers pointing upwardly the thumb above and resting against the longitudinal reinforcing bar. His thumb will ordinarily press not directly upon the bar but upon the card in the holder the presence of the bar reinforcing the card and supporting it so that it is neither bent nor displaced by the thumb of the operator. The card rackor support, it will be observed, is so arranged that the card is slightly inclined so as to add to its visibility. WVith the card in position between the lugs or teeth, it is securely held above and below against movement in any except longitudinal direction and unless it is lifted or bent at the ends it is also held by the flanges as shown against longitudinal direction. The single relatively thin longitudinal bar extending down the middle of the card just where the thumb of the operator would be likely to strike the card and just where the cards need support effectively averts any possibility of the card being forced back against the face of the drawer.

The structure is light and made of and comprises relatively small individually weak members or sections but being united and combined as they are they reinforce one another so that I ,obtain a maximum of strength and durability by their cooperation with a minimum of weight.

I claim;

1. The combination "with a drawer pull of a card rack supported thereon comprising an open card containing frame and a rein forcing bar within'the frame adapted to lie against the back of the card and disposed along the central 'line thereof.

:2. The combination with a drawer pull of a card rack integral therewith comprising a reinforcing frame said frame being located above the drawer pull and comprising two vertically disposed bars, cross pieces joining them to form an open frame and means carried'bys'aid bars and cross pieces for holding the card 'in position.

3. The combination with a drawer pull of a card rack integral therewith comprising a reinforcing frame said frame being located above the drawer pull and comprising two vertically disposed bars cross pieces joining them to form an open frame and means carried by said bars and cross pieces for holding the card-in position said means comprising flan es on the cross vpieces and lugs alternating y projecting inwardly and outwardly on the bars.

4. The combination with a drawer pull of'a card rack integral therewith comprising a reinforcing frame said frame being located above the'drawer pull and comprising two vertically disposed bars cross pieces joining them to form an open frame and means carried by said bars and cross pieces for holding the card in position and a reinforcing stripsupported in said frame behind the card parallel to and midway between said bars.

5. The combination with a drawer pull of a card rack'integral therewith comprising a reinforcing frame said frame being 10- cated above the drawer pull and comprising two vertically disposed bars cross pieces joining them to form an open frame and means carried by said bars and cross pieces for holding the card in position said means comprising flanges on the cross pieces and lugs alternatingly projecting inwardly and outwardly on the bars and a reinforcing strip supported in the said frame behind the card parallel to and midway between said bars.

6. The combination with a' drawer pull having a finger engaging part inclined to the vertical of a card frame located immediately above the upper edgeof the finger engaging part, and inclined less sharply WILLIAM G. sHnRE-R.

Witnesses:

LAUREL M. :DOREMUS, MINNIE M. LINDENAU.

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